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Show TWILIGHT T'VILIGHT TVILIGHT ' OF A SAGEIt SAGE SAGEIt . ' . I It was with keen regret that the host of friends and admirers admirersI admirersof I of Ed Howe of Atchison , Kan , famed " "Sage Sage " of Potato Hill , " , ' " ' read reada a few ' days ago that he would lay down his itrenchant pen be- be because because be because - cause of his almost complete loss of sight . At the same time tune , these friends ajid ald and ) : admirers will wIII receive receive the theannouncement theannouncement theannouncement announcement skeptici skepticicm of his h1S retirement with a certain amount of skep skep- skep- skep - - Howe'sbrilliant Howesbrilliant Howe'snrilliant tici ticicm ticism skepticism m , as it seems inconceivable mconceivable thai that the products of Ed Howe's Howes ' nrilliant brilliant heJives helives mind will ever be kept entirely out of priit pript print pri it so long as he lives , or is is able to dictate his thoughts . associatedwith _ ( > - Edgar Watson 'Vatson Vatson ' Howe is 82 years old , and has been associated with printer prmter's prmters printer's printers ' sink ink for 70 , apprentIceshipas years having havmg begun his apprentIceship aDnrenticeshin as a prInter at the age of 12 . At 19 he was publIsher of a news- news - iBSBBii.books paper newspaper theAtchIson , a,11d a11d acid , from 1877 to 1911 he was edItor iBSBBii and publisher of the ofbooks .books books . AtchIson . Globe . , He IS al alo also < ; o the author of more than a score of Since ce 19n 1911 he has been edl'tor edltor edItor ' and ' Publisher of E . , - W . Howe's Howes 1 . ; : . Howe'snthly .Monthly Monthly 11IonthIy characterIzed2.S characterizedas > nthly , a unique umque periodical which he whimsically whimsip.nllv whimsipnllv . characterIzed phnrnp i -2.S 2.S - . as bemg being devoted to "informatIon informatIon " and indignation . , " His wrItings JIave have shown great versatIlity and anda a deep understanding of human 'J1ature J1ature nature human'J1ature humannature ' . Kmdly Kindly advIce , humor , bIting sarcasm and homely phIlo- phIlo sophy phIlosophy flow from his gi gifted : ted pen wIth equal facilIty . - - In the twilight of his I life e he is esteemed and beloved bv < . countless .ountless ountless thousands who have ? by anSchastised been instructed mstructed , entertained chastised andchastised the eulerlamea and ana by written products of his genius . - Even Even ; Ithe the + employed seem seemto to find tlme bme time for - , ' emp1oyment employment nnemp1oyment unemployment empCnt . / ' a good deal of nn- nn un- un " " - I"j Ij 4.1Somehow " ' 4.1 41 ' . . Somehow lt It sccms seems that thatcleditorirhave cleditors creditors have muth much Inu better memorIes memoriesf 1 han than I'hanS IhanS debtors . , r \ " . . I " , I 1 IThe 1The The wen-known wen known well-known well - stork ; too , , seems unable to solve p ; strip the d distri- distri stri- stri llutiop distrillutiop utiOl utio ) : . , ploblem problem i e . - t I ' |